A human life is just a heartbeat in heaven.

My favorite is when you go to Afghanistan and you meet the special forces guys, and they look like these heavily armed surfers. These guys are the best. You see guys dressed as full Afghans, but then wearing a Yankees hat.

It's a wonderful feeling when your father becomes not a god but a man to you - when he comes down from the mountain and you see he's this man with weaknesses. And you love him as this whole being, not as a figurehead.

It's frightening and exhilarating. It's like combat. Look at the metaphors: You kill when it works; you die when it doesn't.

The first time I ate organic whole-grain bread I swear it tasted like roofing material.

You know what music is - a harmonic connection between all living beings.

Women have so many levels. There's the physical level, which is a lot of fun. There's this emotional level, which is extremely mercurial.